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Fibonacci sequence fronts new nanoscience building at Bristol University
Jun 05, 2008 |
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A famous mathematical pattern has inspired the stunning curved sail façade of Bristol University’s new £11 million Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information.
Cambridge, Nokia introduce new stretchable and flexible mobile phone concept
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 25, 2008 |
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The concept for a new stretchable and flexible mobile phone developed by the University of Cambridge and the Nokia Research Center (NRC) was unveiled today.
Unique infrared technique finds applications in nanoscience
Feb 12, 2008 |
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The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry has chosen the Austrian chemist Thomas Lummerstorfer (31) as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2007. Lummerstorfer’s paper “Monolayers at solid-solid interf ...
Analysis confirms that nano-related research has strong multidisciplinary roots
Sep 07, 2009 |
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The burgeoning research fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology are commonly thought to be highly multidisciplinary because they draw on many areas of science and technology to make important advances.
'Nano violin string' made of vibrating carbon nanotube (w/ Video)
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Researchers at TU Delft, The Netherlands, have succeeded in measuring the influence of a single electron on a vibrating carbon nanotube. This research can be important for work such as the development of ultra-small ...
Nanotechnology makes supertelescopes much more sensitive
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Nanotechnologist Chris Lodewijk has succeeded in significantly increasing the sensitivity of the new supertelescopes in Chile. He will receive his PhD on this topic at Delft University of Technology on Monday 2 February.
Big prize for 'small science' physicist
May 07, 2009 |
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CSIRO scientist, Dr Amanda Barnard, has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics.
Scientists rotate electron spin with electric field
Nov 01, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Delft University of Technology’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) have succeeded in controlling the spin of a single electron merely ...
Scientists track the influence of a cancer inhibitor on a single DNA molecule
Jun 25, 2007 |
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Researchers in Delft University of Technology’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in The Netherlands have cast new light on the workings of the important cancer inhibitor topotecan. Little had been known about the underlying ...
IBM Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Moving Atoms (w/ Video)
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On this day in 1989, IBM Fellow Don Eigler became the first person in history to move and control an individual atom. Shortly thereafter, on November 11 of that year, Eigler and his team ...
China becomes a physics powerhouse
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses. Michael Banks, Physics World's News E ...
Imaging the inner workings of single molecules
Aug 17, 2009 |
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With $20 million over five years from the National Science Foundation, UC Irvine scientists hope to become the first ever to make real-time videos of single molecules in action - a feat that has proved elusive ...
ACS announces winners of 'What is Nano?' video contest
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the winners of the "What is Nano?" video contest held by ACS Nanotation, the Web community site for nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers and enthusiasts. Organized as ...
Green chemistry can help nanotechnology mature, professor says
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2007 |
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“Around the world, there is a growing urgency about nanotechnology and its possible health and environmental impacts,” Hutchison said in his talk Sunday during a workshop at the annual meeting of the American Association ...
New windows opened on cell-to-cell interactions (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Applying biological molecules from cell membranes to the surfaces of artificial materials is opening peepholes on the very basics of cell-to-cell interaction.
